Iranian-aligned hackers have reportedly claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on President Donald Trump’s Truth Social.
According to the nonprofit Center for Internet Security, the Tehran-linked hacking group 313 Team took credit for the distributed denial-of-service attack on the social media network within hours of the U.S. military’s strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.
Mediaite reported that Truth Social went down just after 8 p.m. Eastern time Saturday — shortly after Trump posted on the platform about the "very successful attack."
Users reportedly encountered the messages "Network failed" and "Please try again" when they tried to load the site.
Downdetector received a flurry of reports about Truth Social being down at 8 p.m. Saturday, with the reason for the outage not clear at the time.
NetBlocks, a watchdog that monitors internet accessibility, noted Truth Social’s status in a post on Bluesky at 8:47 that night.
"Truth Social is experiencing international outages for many users after US President Donald Trump announces strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering," NetBlocks posted.
Iran’s response to the weekend U.S. strikes moved from the digital realm to the physical Monday, as the Islamic Republic launched a retaliatory attack on U.S. forces at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base.
Citing a local news outlet’s post on Telegram, Iranian state media reported that the "Blessings of Victory" missile operation had begun against American bases in Qatar and Iraq.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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